Dele Farotimi

Dele Farotimi shine ɗan Najeriya, lauya, ɗan siyasa, kuma marubuci. An haife shi a ranar 6 ga watan Afrilun 1966 a garin Ikorodu, Jihar Legas, Najeriya.

Farotimi ya yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandaren Igbobi College da Jami'ar Legas, inda ya karanta shari'a. Ya kuma yi karatu a Makarantar Koyar da Shari'a ta Najeriya.

Farotimi ya kasance yana aiki a matsayin lauya tun bayan kammala karatunsa daga makarantar koyar da shari'a. Shi ya kasance ya yi aiki a wasu daga cikin manyan kamfanonin shari'a a Najeriya, ciki har da Gani Fawehinmi Chambers da Femi Falana Chambers.

Baya ga aikin lauya, Farotimi kuma ɗan siyasa ne mai himma. Ya kasance yana aiki a wasu daga cikin manyan jam'iyyun siyasa a Najeriya, ciki har da jam'iyyar Democratic Action Party (DAP) da jam'iyyar Accord Party.

Farotimi kuma marubuci ne. Ya rubuta littattafai da yawa game da siyasa da shari'a a Najeriya. Wasu daga cikin littattafansa sun haɗa da "Don't Die in Their War: A Treatise on Nigeria's Contemporary Political Trajectories" da "The Imperatives of the Nigerian Revolution".

Farotimi ya kasance yana fafutuka a harkokin kare hakkin ɗan Adam da kishin ƙasa tun kafin ya shiga harkar siyasa. Ya kasance yana aiki a wasu daga cikin manyan kungiyoyin fararen hula a Najeriya, ciki har da Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) da Civil Liberties Organization (CLO).

Farotimi ya kasance yana yin tir da cin hanci da rashawa da sauran nau'ukan munanan halaye a Najeriya. Ya kuma kasance yana fafutukar tabbatar da adalci da daidaito ga kowa da kowa a kasar nan.

Farotimi musulmi ne na darikar Tijjaniyya. Ya yi aure da kuma ɗa uku.